Nonstop flight route between Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom and Prescott, Arizona, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between RAF Lakenheath (LKZ), Lakenheath, England, United Kingdom and Prescott Municipal Airport (PRC), Prescott, Arizona, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,199 miles (or 8,367 kilometers).

A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between RAF Lakenheath and Prescott Municipal Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.

Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between RAF Lakenheath and Prescott Municipal Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about RAF Lakenheath (LKZ):

• The closest airport to RAF Lakenheath (LKZ) is RAF Mildenhall (MHZ), which is located only 4 miles (7 kilometers) SW of LKZ.
• Control of RAF Lakenheath was allocated to Third Air Force at South Ruislip Air Station, which had command of SAC B-29 operations in England.
• The first use of Lakenheath Warren as a Royal Flying Corps airfield was in World War I, when the area was made into a bombing and ground-attack range for aircraft flying from elsewhere in the area.
• The furthest airport from RAF Lakenheath (LKZ) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,827 miles (19,034 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• On 10 October 1956, a United States Navy Douglas R6D-1 Liftmaster transport on a Military Air Transport Service flight carrying 50 members of the 305th Bombardment Wing on their way home to the United States after a temporary duty assignment and a U.S.
• Lakenheath Airfield was used by RAF flying units on detachment late in 1941.
• By the time construction ended the war with Germany was over and RAF Lakenheath was put on a care and maintenance status.

Facts about Prescott Municipal Airport (PRC):

• In addition to being known as "Prescott Municipal Airport", another name for PRC is "Ernest A. Love Field".
• The closest airport to Prescott Municipal Airport (PRC) is Sedona Airport (SDX), which is located 38 miles (62 kilometers) ENE of PRC.
• Prescott Municipal Airport (PRC) has 3 runways.
• The furthest airport from Prescott Municipal Airport (PRC) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 11,376 miles (18,307 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• Because of Prescott Municipal Airport's high elevation of 5,045 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at PRC. Combined with a high temperature, this could make PRC a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.